going thru the same thing. I submitted my list for approval on 4 days ago on Thurs at 1pm (I guess that's around 9a Friday Australian time). I still don't have any reply or list approval. I should have received approval yesterday, or at least been contacted by support regarding my list. This is a major speed-bump; I've never waited this long with other services.

So far I have been absolutely wow-ed about everything Campaign Monitor has offered, but this time-delay on large list approval is a set-back. I know they do this check to prevent spam, (and it is a good idea), but better responsiveness might be called for...

I've contacted support (still no response several hours later).

My advice to others: be sure to get your list requests in WAY further in advance, and don't go by the 12-hour approval timeline they give.

My client-supplied list of approx 20000 was an account sign-up culled in-house. This is the fist campaign I have done for this client; (they've sent to this list before using other e-mail services). They must be freaking-out! I don't blame them if they don't use me again...

I should have done more research. I've only sent smaller campaigns in the past.

Thanks for getting in touch - I have looked into the records for both of your approval requests, in and both cases we have replied well within 12 hours asking for more information and clarification, and never had a response back. Without that response we cannot approve your campaigns obviously.

It is possible that our reply was lost in a busy inbox or trapped by a filter, but unfortunately we have no way of knowing that. I've replied to both of you now repeating our questions, and we will be able to get this sorted out right away.

Sorry that you have not had a great experience with the approval process, but it is definitely true that we always, always respond to approval requests in less than 12 hours.